Nemaline myopathy: Current concepts

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 705-713

  North, K N ^a   Laing, N G ^b   Wallgren Pettersson, C ^c   Akkari, Anthony ^d   Barohn, Richard ^d   Barth, Peter ^d   Beggs, Alan ^d   De La Chapelle, Albert ^d   De Visser, Marianne ^d   Dubowitz, Victor ^d   Fiszman, Marc ^d   Goebel, Hans ^d   Iannaccone, Susan ^d   Jasani, Bharat ^d   Labeit, Siegfried ^d   Lammens, Martin ^d   Navarro, Carmen ^d   Newman, Geoffrey ^d   Pelin, Katrina ^d   Romero, Norma ^d   Sewry, Caroline ^d   Sloane, Avril ^d   more..

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; TROPOMYOSIN;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHERITANCE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 16944367068     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.9.705     Document Type: Review

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